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Words Often Confused

bared (బయటకు చూపించు) The dog bared its teeth at the stranger. He bared the facts. He bared his chest to show off his muscles.
beard -(గడ్డం) Now-a-days, the youth are growing a beard for modern look. chin is different. Telugu లో రెండిటినీ గడ్డమనే అంటాం.
bore This is the past tense of bear (carry = మోయడం). She bore the load of firewood herself. (Also: endure = భరించడం) He couldn't bear the burden of lying anymore. It also means make a hole as in borewell.
(Also: support) This is a load bearing wall. We should not try to disturb it.
(Also: to give birth) The queen bore two girls. The tree bore several fruits.
Last week. Imagine yourself to be talking on 21 July 2019. (Sunday) If you say, "I have been to Warangal last week.'' This means during the period - 14th to 20 July, 2019.
The last week - But when you say this on 25 July using (Wednesday), "I have been to Warangal the last week.'' This could be in the period (counting 7 days backward from 25th July) ie 24th , 23rd, 22nd, 21st, 20th. 19th, 18th).
JULY 2019 last week the last week
14 21 (Day of Speaking) 14 21
15 22 15 22
16 23 16 23
17 24 17 24
18 25 18 25 (Day of Speaking)
19 26 19 26
20 27 20 27
Same thing applies to last year and the last year too.
  If you say, "I visited USA last year.'' It means during 2018. But if you say the same on 21 July 2019, "I visited USA the last year''. It would mean, 12 months preceding 21 July 2019 ie. 21 July 2018 to 20 July 2019.
Published date : 22 Jul 2019 03:00PM

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